monotone vs vapid

monotone

adj
  • Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function. 

  • Having a single unvaried pitch. 

noun
  • A piece of writing in one strain throughout. 

  • A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound. 

verb
  • To speak in a monotone. 

vapid

adj
  • Lifeless, dull, or banal. 

  • Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. 

  • Tasteless, bland, or insipid. 

How often have the words monotone and vapid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )